Dawn of Impressionism, Paris 1874 review – detailed examination of key moment in art history

Re-creating the founding of the Impressionist movement, when artists including Monet, Renoir and Cézanne showed their work at their own exhibition

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project review – electric film about radical thinker and poet

Featuring interviews and archive footage of the brilliant civil rights activist, the readings of her poems will have the hairs on the back of your neck standing up

‘Will Freya find a lovely birthday gift for mummy?’: why the Sylvanian Families movie is the anti-Barbie

The trailer for the new film about the dainty woodland creatures will wash over your brain like a warm 70-second bath. Does every toy movie need to be an Oscar-worthy social commentary?

‘We had even more fights than they show in the film’: how we made Dig! with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols

‘The gig ended with onstage brawls. It was the most incredible thing I’d ever filmed but the bouncer took the tapes. It took me years to get them back’

Why are the most expensive Netflix movies also the worst?

Streamer’s endless quest to make an unforgettable blockbuster continues to sputter out with the release of $300m dud The Electric State

Direct Action review – French activist commune shows everyone how to make a protest count

A group set up to oppose developers is the subject of this painstaking documentary, which shows the importance of manual work – and hope

Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for 2026 awards ceremony

Talk show host, who received widespread acclaim for his debut earlier this month, will resume the reins at next year’s Academy Awards on 15 March

Is Sadie Sink’s casting in Spider-Man a sign that Marvel is looking to the future?

The Stranger Things star joining the cast of the superhero sequel is a breath of fresh air in a musty Marvel Cinematic Universe that keeps resurrecting the old guard

Will Smith announces first album in 20 years, Based on a True Story

Actor-rapper will release project on 28 March, including the song Beautiful Scars which makes reference to his infamous Oscars slap

‘Something must have gone wrong with us’: David Cronenberg and Howard Shore on four decades of body horror

One is the master of gruesome horror, the other is the composer who scored his most famous films. They sit down to discuss their 46-year collaboration, and the unlikely source of their darkest, most disturbing inspiration

Gator Creek review – blood-lust in the bayou with drug-crazed killer reptiles

A ludicrous fever-dream of a plot combined with some flimsy effects and overdone gore means that this croc horror is enjoyable in small morsels

Behind Closed Doors review – Brazil’s descent into authoritarianism laid brutally bare

João Pedro Bim’s documentary juxtaposes propagandist newsreel footage with 1960s audio recordings of the military dictatorship debating legalised torture

‘Actually romantic and actually funny’: why When Harry Met Sally is my feelgood movie

The latest comfort movie recommendation in an ongoing series is a reminder of Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner’s landmark romantic comedy

It’s Not My Film review – relationship-crisis movie takes the long road through the Baltics

A very believable couple take a hike along the remote and icy coastline to test whether it’s make or break time in Maria Zbaska’s charming two-hander

The Rule of Jenny Pen review – John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush excel in malicious nursing home chiller

The twin terrors of dementia and an elderly psychopath hold sway in this striking psychological horror from New Zealand director James Ashcroft